Origins of the O'Riley surname

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    In 1921, most O'Rileys lived in london

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    2,700 O'Riley Travel & migration records
    660 O'Rileys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about O'riley

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    Common jobs for O'rileys

    Men and women often performed different types of jobs, so these are displayed by gender to maintain their historical accuracy.

    Commmon female occupations for O'rileys in 1921

    General Servant

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    Servant

    5

    Charwoman

    4

    Domestic Servant

    4

    General Servant Domestic

    4

    Commmon male occupations for O'rileys in 1921

    Clerk

    7

    General Labourer

    5

    Tailor

    5

    Iron Ship Yard Labourer

    4

    Stoker

    4

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